Hybrid Data Governance Analyst - Onboarding & Compliance

KellyMitchell Group; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)

401K offered

Job summary

KellyMitchell Group is seeking a Data Governance Analyst for a hybrid, Plano-based engagement with a leading financial services provider. You will support onboarding of data assets, review metadata, and ensure compliance with enterprise data policies and privacy standards.

The role emphasizes meticulous, sequential reviews, data classification (PII and credit data), and collaboration with technical teams to maintain accurate schemas, security labels, and governance documentation.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, data stewardship, data risk, data quality, business process management, project management, risk management, or a closely related field
• Experience interpreting policies, standards, controls, or guidelines and applying them consistently during detailed reviews
• Experience reviewing, validating, classifying, remediating, or escalating data, metadata, or compliance-related requests
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accuracy in high-volume, sequential process work
• Comfort working with datasets, data attributes, tables, schemas, and technical data teams
• Basic SQL proficiency, including the ability to execute existing queries and review results
• Ability to execute an existing Python script and work with the resulting output
• Experience with data classification, PII, privacy tagging, security labeling, or sensitive-data controls
• Experience working in financial services or another highly regulated environment

Responsibilities

• Review high-volume data asset creation, onboarding, and modification requests for adherence to established data policies and governance standards
• Perform sequential reviews of dataset attributes and classify sensitive information, including PII and credit-related data
• Validate dataset schemas, consumption code assignments, security labels, and privacy tags for accuracy and completeness
• Interpret enterprise data policies, resolve metadata or request discrepancies, and elevate exceptions when appropriate
• Collect and measure process data to identify trends, maintain controls, and support governance reporting
• Maintain process documentation, job aids, and data governance guidelines
• Guide internal data teams through onboarding, metadata submission requirements, and remediation needs

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data stewardship

Data risk

Data quality

Business process management

Project management

Risk management

PII handling

Privacy tagging

Security labeling

Sensitive-data controls

Finance industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Military experience

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

KellyMitchell Group is seeking a Data Governance Analyst for a hybrid, Plano-based engagement with a leading financial services provider. You will support onboarding of data assets, review metadata, and ensure compliance with enterprise data policies and privacy standards.

The role emphasizes meticulous, sequential reviews, data classification (PII and credit data), and collaboration with technical teams to maintain accurate schemas, security labels, and governance documentation.